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- catalog abstract ""Tracing the ways in which the fallout shelter became an icon of popular culture, Kenneth D. Rose also investigates the troubling issues the shelters raised: Would a post-war world even be worth living in? Would shelter construction send the Soviets a message of national resolve, or rather encourage political and military leaders to think in terms of a "winnable" war?" "Investigating the role of schools, film, government bureaucracies, civil defense, and literature, and rich in fascinating detail - including a tour of the vast fallout shelter in Greenbriar, Virginia, built to harbor the entire United States Congress in the event of nuclear Armageddon - One Nation Underground goes to the very heart of America's Cold War experience."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12188680.
- catalog coverage "United States Social conditions 1945-".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Tracing the ways in which the fallout shelter became an icon of popular culture, Kenneth D. Rose also investigates the troubling issues the shelters raised: Would a post-war world even be worth living in? Would shelter construction send the Soviets a message of national resolve, or rather encourage political and military leaders to think in terms of a "winnable" war?" "Investigating the role of schools, film, government bureaucracies, civil defense, and literature, and rich in fascinating detail - including a tour of the vast fallout shelter in Greenbriar, Virginia, built to harbor the entire United States Congress in the event of nuclear Armageddon - One Nation Underground goes to the very heart of America's Cold War experience."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A new age dawning -- The nuclear apocalyptic -- Morality and national identity at the shelter door -- Taking government, business, and shocks underground -- The theory and practice of Armageddon -- The shelters that were not built, the nuclear war that did not start.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-300) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 313 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0814775225 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "American history and culture (New York University Press)".
- catalog isPartOf "American history and culture".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Social conditions 1945-".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "303.6/6 21".
- catalog subject "Cold War Social aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Fallout shelters Social aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Nuclear warfare Social aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Popular culture United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "UA927 .R67 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "A new age dawning -- The nuclear apocalyptic -- Morality and national identity at the shelter door -- Taking government, business, and shocks underground -- The theory and practice of Armageddon -- The shelters that were not built, the nuclear war that did not start.".
- catalog title "One nation underground : the fallout shelter in American culture / Kenneth D. Rose.".
- catalog type "text".